Chapter 170: Paying for yourself a monthly ticket to build a temple)
Fang Yunping stared blankly at a box full of silver and was speechless for a long time.
Everyone around was the same. They were all shocked by this incredible scene. Is this the so-called magical method? So many boxes of silver appeared out of thin air!
Although they have always believed in the existence of the Dragon God, they did not expect that the Dragon God is more magical than they imagined...
Seeing that no one had spoken to them for a long time, Jiayin thought that the money was not enough.
With a thought, several more boxes appeared and were placed next to those boxes. This time, all the storage bags were emptied.
Everyone was also awakened by the box appearing again.
Looking at those boxes and the money inside, his face twitched, and he thought in unison: In this way, the Dragon God himself paid for the temple, right?
I don't know who raised the head. He knelt on the ground and worshiped: "Thank you Dragon God for the money. Don't worry Dragon God. We will definitely build you a big temple and gild your statue."
"Thank you Dragon God!"
"Thank you Dragon God!"
Everyone then knelt down and worshiped, and then moved all the money to the patriarch's yard.
The courtyard of the patriarch's house is in the middle of the first row, closest to the open space, and there are people on both sides and behind it, so it is also the safest.
After the move was completed, a heated discussion began. Where should the Dragon Temple be built? How big should it be built? Should it only be dedicated to the Dragon God, or what should be done, etc., etc., etc., we all need to discuss it carefully...
The first step is to choose a location, buy the land, and report to the county government to build a temple.
It can't be too far away from the village. It's best if they can go there at any time to worship the Dragon God.
You can also leave someone to guard it to prevent any villains from doing damage.
Yang Chengsi's heart was filled with excitement as he listened to the discussions among the Fang family members.
Before that, although he felt that his cousin told him that some of the things they encountered on the road were indeed magical, he did not feel the same way after all. He also thought that some things might be coincidences?
At the beginning of the discussion, listening to Xiao Ling's description, he was able to draw the so-called dragon statue on the ground without any distractions.
There was no sense of awe when I was painting, I just painted based on Xiao Ling’s description.
Until a large number of boxes suddenly appeared out of thin air in the middle of the open space, and they were all filled with money! He was immediately shocked. This turned out to be... real!!!
There really is a Dragon God!!
But this Dragon God... is a bit hard to describe.
He actually had to spend his own money to build a temple for himself...
He remembered that his grandfather said that temples were built with donations from believers of a certain god, or they were built specifically by rich people or wealthy families.
Anyway, I have never heard of any temple built by gods for myself.
But thinking about it, he seems to have never seen any other gods, including the Dragon God.
But now he feels that since he will believe in the dragon god in the future, he will not dare to be careless when carving the miniature dragon god. He must be in awe to make the statue lifelike!
Because of this operation of building a temple with his own money, Jiayin gained another wave of merit.
Yes, although everyone in the Fang family was twitched by Lei's mouth, it did not prevent them from thanking the great Dragon God in their hearts.
Have you seen how kind the Dragon God is to us, the Fang family? I’m afraid they’ll spend money when building the temple, so I’ll pay for it first!
In the future, when their Fang family becomes prosperous and their descendants become successful, they must give the Dragon God a layer of gold every now and then!
In this way, after the first year of farming at the foot of Panshe Mountain in Qingfengling, Fangjiacun prepared to build a large temple!
The next day, Fang Yunping and the others went to the county government to buy the vacant land across the road from the village and build the temple there.
This location was chosen unanimously by the whole village and after consulting the Dragon God.
There is a road across the road from their village. When it is completed, they can go to worship the Dragon God every day, and they can also take turns leaving people there to guard it tomorrow.
They went to Mr. He, the official in charge of land management whom they had met before, and told them that they wanted to buy land to build a temple, as well as the selected location and the size of the temple.
The government of the Great Yan Dynasty generally did not care about this kind of thing, because many temples were built with private funds, so the court would not control it too leniently.
As long as the temple does not enshrine some evil monsters and does not accept believers to promote any cult, it will be fine.
Mr. He still remembered that they were specially taken care of by the previous county magistrate, so Jiuduo asked, "I wonder if the temple will be presided over by monks or Taoist priests after it is built?"
Fang Yunping and Fang Youwei looked at each other, and then Fang Yunping said: "Sir, we are not planning to let monks and Taoist priests preside over the temple. It is the believers in our own village who will maintain and manage it there on their own initiative."
Mr. He nodded, "That's good. The reason why I ask this question is because I'm afraid that you might attract some messy outsider clans and be implicated. At least these local clans are all registered, and nothing will happen."
Know the root and the bottom.
Something happened in another county before.
A local family member funded the construction of a Guanyin Hall. Later, a Taoist nun who came from nowhere came to serve in the temple. It was said that she was very virtuous. She became more and more famous in the local area, and later became the host of the Guanyin Hall. As a result,
Years later, it was discovered that she was a spy from another country!
Because the temple officials generally don't care, and household registration checks are not strict, people take advantage of the loopholes and almost make a big mistake.
Later, the management of this matter became stricter. Even if there were monks in the temple, they must be from clean backgrounds and no outsiders with unknown identities were allowed.
It also saves some people from committing crimes and hiding in there anonymously to escape punishment by becoming a monk.
That temple will become a place of filth and evil."
Fang Yunping assured Mr. He that he would strictly control the situation and the Dragon Temple would never accept outsiders with unknown origins.
Afterwards, he paid the price of the homestead and bought dozens of acres of land across Fangjiacun Road.
The open space opposite is not as large as the area in their village. Besides, except for dozens of acres of land on the roadside, the rest is made of rocks.
Going north, there is a deep ditch, which is a large crack between the rocks, more than two feet wide, because there are many vines below, and it can be said to be bottomless.
Opposite the crack is a stone mountain. Except for a few scattered trees and some vines, they are all huge stones.
That's why they didn't consider that when they built the village.
When choosing that location, they were afraid that the mountain was too bald and there was no running water in front of the mountain. Coupled with the cracks, they were afraid that the feng shui would be bad, so they specifically consulted the Dragon God for instructions.
The Dragon God asked Xiao Ling to say it was okay, so they went directly to buy the land today and get the title deed.
Chapter completed!